— This is an immensely disturbing horror. But it’s also a portrait of a man from the fringe of society who has never experienced affection, compassion or love, who finds himself day in and day out drinking in the company of other lonely people.
(2019) Director/Screenplay: Fatih Akin. Cast: Jonas Dassler, Margarethe Tiesel, Greta Sophie Schmidt.
— Tschick, the book, isn’t Wolfgang Herrndorf’s best work. And Tschick, the film, isn’t Fatih Akin’s best work either. I’d love to see Akin turn the lonely atmosphere of in In Plüschgewittern into a movie or the Coen brother’s take on a wild ride like Sand.
Tschick is still a good, heart-warming film about two fourteen-year-olds spending a summer on a road trip, having the time of their lives. It’s easy-going and fun, and I felt a bit homesick after watching it. I wonder if anyone who hasn’t lived in Germany would get all the references.